Rotary Clothes Line

Whilst away at Barnard Castle our Kampa rotary clothes line decided it didn't want to play anymore and was consigned to the wardens skip.

Looked around for another to replace it that hopefully was a bit more sturdy and came across this one from Bailey Parts :-

Brunner Rotary Airer

Not used it in anger yet but it appears well made and comes in a decent zip bag with three pegs.

If looking at the picture on the Bailey Parts site,or indeed on the Brunner site,it appears to have no rings to peg it down but when it arrived rings were present.

Ian

The Annex Has Gone.

The Isabella annexe I had for sale has now gone to a very happy purchaser who came all the way from the south coast to pick it up

There just remains the Isabella Magnum awning for some lucky person,at £400 an absolute bargain ( buyer collects or arranges collection ).

First come,first served

What could be better than sat on site on a summers evening,sipping cooling drinks,surrounded by one of Isabella's quality awnings happy in the knowledge that you have bagged a bargain.

Even the wife will thank you for it.






Ian

Barnard Castle

We have just had four nights at Barnard Castle Caravan & Motorhome Club site.

An excellent site if you have never been,well worth a visit.

A very boring stay Cadiz wise I am glad to report,the Alde heating did its job magnificently as there was a very strong gusty cold wind blowing for most of the time we were there.

Just a small tip for any Isabella awning owners.

As mentioned the site was very windy,the Isabella Magnum 250 Coal stood up to it well,though I did put the Isabella storm guys in just in case,it leads to a better nights sleep.

For the first time I used the Isabella Isalinks which are meant to be left slack and tighten up when the wind blows the canvas.

They really do work,nothing will of course stop the canvas flapping altogether in the wind,but they do reduce it.

It is a shame they don't come as standard on a £1000 plus awning and you have to make up your own guys.

Ian

A Handy Little Gadget

As I am forever putting the motor mover remote control down and forgetting where I have put it I purchased one of these from Bags 4 Everything ( Bags 4 Everything ).

The motor mover control goes in the transparent pocket at the front whilst there is a biggish pocket on the back ( where the loop is ) for keys or gas spanner or anything else,then you can hang it around your neck.

With postage,costs about £12 or so.

Although the company is in Wakefield,that is coincidental and I have nothing to do with them other than being a customer.

Ian

York Beechwood Grange

Returned from four nights at York Beechwood Grange Caravan and Motorhome Club site

Been here many times before so I won't dwell on it apart from to say that one hundred and twenty trees have been felled around the site so it is now much more open than it was previously.

On our way there it bucketed it down with rain so the van was filthy on our arrival.When the rain stopped I simply wiped it down with a microfibre towel and it was gleaming again,Paintseal really works and makes the exterior much easier to keep clean and no I am not in the pay of Paintseal in any shape size or form.

The only problem we suffered on this our first trip of the new season was that the water pump took its bat home and refused to work.

Did the "man" thing and took it apart to fix it but to no avail.Luckily we carry a spare so this was brought into play,then it was down to Ebor Leisure next day to replace the spare ( that place ain't cheap ),otherwise things were problem free.

By the way the idea of sticking a medicine pot over the Al-Ko ATC light to keep water out didn't last,it had vanished by the time we arrived,back to the drawing board for that one I think.

We erected our new Isabella Magnum 250 Coal awning for the first time and appreciated the increase in space

The Alde heating was superb as the nights were a touch on the nippy side.

Judging by the number of new and nearly new vans and motorhomes on site,the UK caravan and motorhome  industry must be in the rudest of rude health.

I can now appreciate why the Caravan Club changed its name to the Caravan and Motorhome Club as it wasn't quite fifty:fifty with motorhomes versus caravans but it was heading that way.

They appear to be coming very popular,some big uns' as well.

Ian

That Awning Again,

The Isabella Magnum and Futur Annex are still cluttering up the garage so a further reduction is called for.

£400 for the awning and £150 for the annex ( the annex has an inner tent and a Bolon carpet ).

If bought together £500 for the pair.

Buyer collects.

Both described in an earlier post.

Ian

Damp !!

I thought that might draw some attention.

No not us ( wood where is the wood ),on Caravan Talk there have been one or two posts regarding damp in Unicorn 3's on second and third services:-

Caravan Talk U3 Damp

This seems to major around the off side rear corner and it has been suggested that it could be caused by condensation on the Alde pipework under the laundry bag in the wardrobe rather than water ingress.

Whether it is or not is anybodies guess but it might be an idea to keep an eye on things in this area.

I checked ours today and all seems OK but I don't have a damp meter so it was visual only.

£20K plus for a caravan and we are still checking for leaks,you couldn't make it up.

Ian